Models for prediction, explanation and control: Recursive Bayesian networks

Theoria-Revista De Teoria Historia Y Fundamentos De La Ciencia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-33

  Casini, Lorenzo ^a   Illari, Phyllis McKay ^a   Russo, Federica ^a   Williamson, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Causal model; Control; Explanation; Mechanism; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952321967     PISSN: 04954548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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